Dave Mustaine on New Megadeth Album: ‘We’re Almost Done With It’

Megadeth are hitting the home stretch on their latest album. In a picture posting on the band's Facebook page, it was revealed that Dave Mustaine and drummer Shawn Drover were finishing up tracking on the ten songs for their upcoming album, with another song set to wrap things up that evening. The photo (seen above) shows Mustaine and Drover in the studio together. With the album near completion, Mustaine offered a few more details in a video interview with VintageRock.com at the NAMM Convention.

The singer-guitarist said of the upcoming disc, "We're almost done with it. We've been doing it with [producer] Johnny K, doing it down in San Diego where I live. And he's gonna be mixing it out in Chicago at his studio out there. You know, it's really incredible this way … Last night, Dave Ellefson -- he'll probably not appreciate me telling this story -- but he was sitting in a chair and his hand was hanging over the side of the chair, and I said, 'What's the matter? ' and he goes, like, 'Man, I haven't played this much in a long time.' And I was like, 'Good.' So that was really exciting for me, cause David, he's a monster on bass guitar, and for him to be saying stuff like that and just showing that he's a little tired because there's so much activity with the songs, I think the fans are really gonna respond to that."

Mustaine also stated that touring is starting to take shape as well. The band has already signed on for some dates with Iron Maiden in Europe and a number of headlining shows in the U.K. this summer, with a North American trek expected to follow.

He also revealed that the 'Gigantour' touring brand may be revived for their late year performances. "We've got some really interesting lineups for that," says Mustaine. "Most people would look at the lineup and they would think, like, 'Dave's not gonna tolerate your crap at all,' because there's a couple of people that we have that are on the lineup -- and we're hoping for the best -- but they're notorious bad boys. But when people grow up, they kind of grow up, they just don't grown old, and we're hoping that the music is gonna be the most important thing so that the fans will get what they want."

Mustaine also revealed that the band has chosen a new record label after parting ways with Roadrunner Records, but did not specify which label.